Ukraine: Air pollution in Kryvyi Rih at "very high" level due to mining & processing plants' operations
Summary
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
PJSC Inhulets mining and processing plant - Subsidiary , Metinvest - Parent CompanyProjects
Inhulets mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
PJSC Pivnichnyy mining and processing plant - Subsidiary , Metinvest - Parent CompanyProjects
Pivnichnyy mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih - Subsidiary , ArcelorMittal - Parent CompanyAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
PJSC Pivdenny mining and processing plant - Subsidiary , Metinvest - Parent CompanyProjects
Pivdenny mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
PJSC Tsentralny mining and processing plant - Subsidiary , Metinvest - Parent CompanyProjects
Tsentralny mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
Air pollution in Kryvyi Rih remained at "very high" level in July due to low precipitation and heat, 05 August 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, emissions of pollutants into the city's air remained at the level of the same period last year and totalled 56.26 thousand tonnes. At the same time, in the first quarter of 2021, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Rudomine LLC, Pivdenny GOK, Tsentralny GOK, Inhulets GOK and Pivnichny GOK carried out 46 massive explosions in open pits. Air pollutant emissions from massive quarry explosions in the first quarter of 2021 reached 663 tonnes, including 575 tonnes of dust, 49 tonnes of carbon monoxide and 39 tonnes of nitrogen dioxide.